Take part in the growth story – summit in Oslo

The Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) has the pleasure to invite you to this year’s Norwegian-African Business Summit: 12 October at the RadissonBLU Plaza Hotel in Oslo. Focus for this year’s summit is the exciting investment opportunities in the African consumer sector – but there will also be special sessions on oil&gas, renewable energy, telecom/technology, agribusiness and finance.With seven out of the ten fastest growing economies in the world, the African continent has become a preferred emerging markets investment destination. Take part in this year’s summit to learn more about the opportunities, learn from the experiences from some of the most experienced players – and not least: expand your network.The Summit is an all-day event (starting from 9:00am – 6:00pm): first there will be a plenary session with key speakers and an exciting panel discussion. This years speakers include:

• Google’s Regional Lead for Sub Saharan Africa, Mr. Joseph Mucheru
• His Royal Highness Otumfuo Osei Tutu II from Ghana
• Norwegian Minister of Trade Mr. Trond Giske
• Uganda’s Minister of Privatisation and Investments, Mr. Aston P. Kajara
• McKinsey&Co partner in South Africa, Arend van Wamelen
• African Business Editor Mr. Anver Versi
• Subsea7 Chairman Mr. Kristian Siem
• Senior Africa Analyst Dr. Jolyon Ford from the Oxford Analytica
• CEO & President of Yara International, Jørgen Ole Haslestad

A complete list of speakers can be found on the summit webpage. After lunch we are hosting parallel special sessions on Oil & Gas, Finance, Renewable Energy, Telecom/technology and Agri-business. This will give you and your company the opportunity to get in-depth knowledge in the field you operate.In addition to this we will of course continue the popular “speed-dating” success of last year. Already, more than ten African embassies have registered their attendance. This year we are expanding the “speed-dating” session to also include a new “meet-the-experts” concept. Here you can meet and discuss with representatives from the World Bank, Secretary General of the European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM), country analysts from Oxford Analytica and legal advisers/anti-corruption experts.Register to attend from this link: http://norwegianafrican.no/events/norwegian-african-business-summit-2012Follow us on Twitter @NABAorg and #NABAsummit for more information and announcement of new speakers for this year’s Summit.For more information, please contact Mr. Eivind Fjeldstad at ef@norwegianafrican.no or mobile +47 9596 9631 or Mr. Janvier M. Nzigo at jn@norwegianafrican.no or mobile +47 4639 4199Partners of the Norwegian-African Business Summit 2012 include KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Norfund, Norad, Green Energy Group, FK Norway and the African Business magazine.